Amsterdam vs Novosibirsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amsterdam	Novosibirsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2791	$698
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6603	$1766
🏠 One person rent	$1828	$316
🏘️ Family rent	$3238	$599
🍽️ Food expenses	$586	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$226	$48.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4145	$616
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	95	49
😀 Quality of life	95	58
🏙️ Population	921K	1.63M

The cost of living in Amsterdam is 300% more expensive than in Novosibirsk. Cities ranked 331st and 6907th ($2791 vs $698) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 26th in the Netherlands and Russia, respectively. Check the Netherlands vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Amsterdam compared to 0.9 months in Novosibirsk. Amsterdam ranked 1st best city to live in the Netherlands vs Novosibirsk ranked 10th in Russia, while ranked 29th and 5517th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amsterdam vs Novosibirsk

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	Amsterdam	Novosibirsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21	$6.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.8	$34.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.9	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.3	$1.73
☕ Cappuccino	$4.22	$2.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.13	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1920	$348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1536	$231
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3785	$695
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2716	$461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$172	$54.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$264	$83.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.6	$7.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.17%	14.37%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9911	$1981
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7140	$1172
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.59	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$93.9	$22.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$29.2	$3.22
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.11	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.08	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.65	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$4.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$7.96
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$2.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.1	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.64	$6.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.5	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13	$2.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.93	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$0.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.25	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.3	$35.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.7	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$30.2	$3.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.7	$64.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2405	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18104	$4263

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Amsterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.8 mi	Purmerend	$1944
18 km or 11 mi	Haarlem	$2291
21 km or 13 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
22 km or 14 mi	Almere	$1937
25 km or 16 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
26 km or 16 mi	Hilversum	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Huizen	$1957
35 km or 22 mi	Langedijk	$1995
36 km or 22 mi	Utrecht	$2251
38 km or 23 mi	Leiden	$2081
38 km or 24 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
40 km or 25 mi	Zeist	$2180
42 km or 26 mi	Lelystad	$1357
48 km or 30 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
49 km or 30 mi	Harderwijk	$1844
52 km or 32 mi	The Hague	$2199
53 km or 33 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
55 km or 34 mi	Delft	$1861
57 km or 36 mi	Dronten	$1760
59 km or 36 mi	Rotterdam	$2359
60 km or 37 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
61 km or 38 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
64 km or 40 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
64 km or 40 mi	Ede	$1651
65 km or 40 mi	Elburg	$1829
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
70 km or 43 mi	Wageningen	$2105
72 km or 45 mi	Kampen	$1823
75 km or 47 mi	Apeldoorn	$1893
76 km or 47 mi	Texel	$1941
81 km or 50 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
82 km or 51 mi	Arnhem	$1613
83 km or 51 mi	Zwolle	$1764
83 km or 52 mi	Zwartewaterland	$1813
86 km or 54 mi	Deventer	$1851
89 km or 55 mi	Nijmegen	$1999
89 km or 55 mi	Sneek	$1890
89 km or 55 mi	Breda	$1739
91 km or 57 mi	Tilburg	$1862

Cities near Novosibirsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
195 km or 121 mi	Barnaul	$662
203 km or 126 mi	Kemerovo	$569
206 km or 128 mi	Tomsk	$565
277 km or 172 mi	Prokopyevsk	$575
307 km or 191 mi	Novokuznetsk	$591
316 km or 197 mi	Biysk	$379
495 km or 308 mi	Pavlodar	$558
518 km or 322 mi	Aksu	$553
545 km or 339 mi	Semey	$549
566 km or 351 mi	Oskemen	$571
569 km or 354 mi	Abakan	$587
608 km or 378 mi	Omsk	$631
623 km or 387 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
635 km or 395 mi	Krasnoyarsk	$692
754 km or 469 mi	Nizhnevartovsk	$658
869 km or 540 mi	Temirtau	$626
876 km or 545 mi	Altay	$529
879 km or 546 mi	Petropavl	$557
880 km or 547 mi	Nur-Sultan	$770
882 km or 548 mi	Karaganda	$604
886 km or 550 mi	Surgut	$654
900 km or 559 mi	Kokshetau	$619
910 km or 565 mi	Tacheng	$512
1059 km or 658 mi	Karamay	$460
1064 km or 661 mi	Balkhash	$624
1100 km or 684 mi	Tyumen	$765
1112 km or 691 mi	Kurgan	$531
1129 km or 701 mi	Bole	$531
1160 km or 721 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
1178 km or 732 mi	Bratsk	$470
1186 km or 737 mi	Wusu	$562
1189 km or 739 mi	Kuytun	$571
1214 km or 754 mi	Shihezi	$662
1241 km or 771 mi	Yining	$543
1263 km or 785 mi	Fukang	$508
1264 km or 785 mi	Changji	$525
1269 km or 789 mi	Kostanay	$710
1291 km or 802 mi	Urumqi	$515
1308 km or 813 mi	Kapchagay	$749
1318 km or 819 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648